Umfang:
Online-Ressource (viii, 209 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1441190074
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1282876716
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1441100822
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9781282876712
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9781441190253
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9781441190079
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9781441100825
Inhalt:
With Snitch! , Steve Hewitt provides a thorough study of human informers, i.e., people who secretly supply information to a domestic security agency (a spy provides information to a foreign intelligence service.) The work begins with an examination of the rise of the modern security state through the Cold War to today's ongoing "long war" on terror. Using a unique comparative approach, Hewitt analyzes the practical and political aspects of informing, drawing on past and present examples from the United States, United Kingdom, former Soviet Union, and other countries. He argues that although t
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-202) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 'Inherent in the Conditions of Human Society': The Nature of Informing; Chapter 3 Informing History; Chapter 4 Famous Informers; Chapter 5 The Informer State; Chapter 6 Informers in the 'War on Terror'; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Living in the Informer Age; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1282874470
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Snitch! : A History of the Modern Intelligence Informer
Sprache:
Englisch
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